Tanaka is denied the chance to see fruits of investment

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Our correspondent talks to an owner enmeshed in the US legal system and forced to follow his team of horses from a distance

GARY TANAKA’S horizons are enforcedly more restricted than those of his horses. Ten days ago, Noble Stella made a winning comeback in his silks at Saratoga; three days later, Rising Cross carried them to victory at York. Others have imminent assignments in France and Germany. Tanaka, meanwhile, is allowed out of his son’s Manhattan flat only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Even then, he is confined to New York City and must be home by 5.30pm sharp.

Since May 2005, the renowned racehorse owner has lived under near-house arrest after he and his business partner, Alberto Vilar, were arrested for